Heat Wave
It was a bazillion degrees in Portland today. You ever get so hot your nose runs? I feel like my snot is melting. And I...
I do what I want.
It was a bazillion degrees in Portland today. You ever get so hot your nose runs? I feel like my snot is melting. And I...
From August 2011 to September 2012, I quit drinking caffeine. I basically spent an entire year underwater. I initially stopped because my therapist (who turned...
So the dog is fine now. But I’m still on and off nauseous. I’ve been working through, taking breaks when it gets really bad, but...
The dog seems to be better today. There was very minimal shrieking, and most of that happened in the morning. She’s even starting to do...
Sunday Night Pepper went chasing after a neighborhood cat, flipped around on her harness, and immediately started shrieking in pain. She would act normally for...
I didn’t know what to write about, and it’s almost 11. So I just google image searched the butt gifs. You’re welcome. (source)
I know, to you guys it’s Friday, but I’m here in Thursday right now, and I make the titles, so I say what day it...
So, 11 p.m. is literally in one minute. Oh, shit, it’s eleven. Look what I ate today.
Since I started working for myself, I’ve noticed a really destructive pattern that occurs and reoccurs. I recognize it, which is good, but I’m making...
Someone we all hated very much died on Wednesday. I have been extremely grateful to see the world go from thinking that Fred Phelps maybe...
A bunch of furniture arrived at our house today. So now it’s even more full of stuff than it was before. I’m running out of...
We moved all our stuff from Ben’s parents’ house in Corvallis to our new house in Portland on Saturday. It’s now Sunday night, and I’m...
I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Corvallis. Next Saturday we finally finish our move to Portland. This is the first time I’ve been outside...
So we’ve been in Oregon for over a week now and all I’ve been doing is writing porno reviews and talking about privilege. You could...
Already adding to the diversity of the city of roses, if I do say so myself. Welcome to the first day of the rest of...
I know, you’re either tired of hearing about Valentines, or you’re tired of hearing about people who hate Valentines. It’s the same every year. Ben...
Hulu’s been showing the same two Weight Watcher’s commercials for about a month now, and I finally listened to one of them: If you’re not...
Did you know that on Android devices, Instagram creates a gallery that saves all your Instagrams as handy JPEGs? Look like you’re a good photographer...
You may not know this, but I happen to be the founder of a very elite professional guild: The South Bay Freelancers. We meet every...
Tonight (Tuesday) marks the 1 week anniversary of our decision to move to Portland. Since then, Ben gave 2 week’s notice at his job, I...
Ben quit his job today. We’re planning to be in Portland March 1. I’ve had a headache basically the whole day, so there’s not going...
I’m trying this new thing called being in bed before midnight. And since it is currently 11:39. I gotta go. Oh, it was my birthday...
Friend and real-life blogger Heina is doing a Compliment a Day in 2014 project, which reminded me of the time I did my own compliment...
I was going to write something smart and compelling about Natasha Leggaro and the SpaghettiOs champions who took to the Internet to call her a...
Good news everyone, 2013 has been an awesome year for the blog, and it’s all because of you guys. In 2013 our total hits are...
I’m pretty sure I talked about falling asleep in my office chair at the end of every post I wrote this week. Today, I fell...
Welcome to being a person of color in America, bro. Or any minority, really. I’m listening to a book called Women Don’t Ask, which is...
Since I started working for myself, I’ve noticed that a lot of people request things on Monday. Also, I like to set things up on...
Since everyone we know is broke, we’ve all decided on no presents this Christmas, and because I don’t have to worry about what to get...
I’m very tired. Not sure why, I just had a regular work day. But I’m exhausted and I have no idea what to write about....
Doug Stanhope has a track called Drambuie on his album Building a Bridge to Nowhere in which he acts out a version of a conversation...
Today, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at 10 pm. on Open Source with Leon Krauze on the new Latinoamerican bridge builing cable channel Fusion. Also guesting...
Medusa got home from surgery at about 6 p.m., and she’s doing very well. Although something about the sedative or the anesthesia has made her...
As you know, I usually write my blogs the night before and then set them to publish the next day. On or before 6 a.m....
Is there a statute of limitations on forgery?* Either way, I have something to confess: In 2003 I falsified certain documents so that I could...
It’s currently 11 p.m. and I’m writing this from bed. My alarm is set for 5:30, which is when I’ll get up and start taking...
I cleaned my living room tonight. And I found this postcard: It’s now framed in my bathroom, which I feel is appropriate.
There. I said it.
Okay so, I got a book from NetGalley that I thought I would be really into. It has nearly everything I love: supernatural elements, sassy...
I am writing this post from the farthest corner of my local business times holiday mixer. In order to make it feel as much like...
The other day, I was in the bathroom at a nondescript Southern California business park, washing my hands, when the woman washing her hands next...
So after Friday, I picked up even more work and spent the weekend taking care of that. The only other thing that got accomplished is...
On the one hand, I’m so happy to be back in a position where Friday happens and instead of relief or, more lately, shame at...
I titled this piece back in the beginning of September, right after I’d paid the rent. At the time, I legitimately had no idea how...
It’s midnight. I suddenly find myself extremely busy. I made this for Ben, but you can have it too.
@Marinaisgo OMG I want to hear more about the safe neighborhood conversation with your mother-in-law. I was in tears laughing at your tweets — bithead...
Sometime all a girl can do is sit and watch Flashdance with her cat. Her extremely photogenic and patient cat. I haven’t actually finished the...
TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, antelope rape, AIDS-rabies I have a really dark sense of humor, and it’s gotten me in trouble. A lot. Frequently the only...
So after that little shooting thing I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to reevaluate my priorities. And I discovered that “Living...
Ben’s mom came down for the weekend to visit us and to see Zen master Thích Nhat Hanh, and she generously got tickets for us...